Biographies

Mr. Jonathan Bush serves as Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Ahenahealth, Inc. He has served as our Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of the Board of Directors since he co-founded athenahealth in 1997. Previously, Mr. Bush served as an emergency medical technician for the City of New Orleans, trained as a medic in the U.S. Army, and worked as a management consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton, a provider of management and technology consulting services to the United States government. Mr. Bush received his B.A. in the College of Social Studies from Wesleyan University and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. As a founder of athenahealth, Mr. Bush has extensive knowledge of all aspects of our business, including our day-to-day operations. His history with us, combined with his business and leadership skills, led our Board of Directors to conclude that he should be nominated to serve as a director and as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Mr. John A. Kane has been appointed Director of the Company., effective January 2, 2018. He has served as a member of our Board of Directors since July 2007. Mr. Kane served as chief financial officer and treasurer of IDX Systems Corporation (“IDX”) from October 1984 until it was acquired by General Electric Healthcare in January 2006, after which he served as a vice president of General Electric Healthcare from January 2006 to December 2006. In addition, Mr. Kane served as the vice president, finance and administration of IDX from October 1984 until May 2001, and then as its senior vice president, finance and administration from May 2001 until January 2006. While at IDX, Mr. Kane guided the company through more than a dozen acquisitions and at various times managed the finance, facilities, legal, human resources, and information systems functions for the company. Since his retirement in 2006, Mr. Kane has served as a director of several private organizations, and also served as a director of Merchants Bancshares, Inc. from 2005 to 2014. Prior to his employment with IDX, Mr. Kane worked as an audit manager at Ernst & Young LLP in Boston. Mr. Kane received his B.S. and a Master of Accountancy from Brigham Young University. Mr. Kane’s experience auditing financial statements at Ernst & Young LLP, directorships with other public companies, and experience as chief financial officer of a health care software technology company led our Board of Directors to conclude that he should serve as a director.

Mr. Prakash Khot serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer of the Company. Mr. Khot served as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer from January 2016 to February 2017. Prior to joining athenahealth, he served as the chief technology and product officer at Kaseya, Inc., a provider of IT automation software, from August 2013 until September 2015, where was responsible for the delivery of Kaseya’s cloud-based IT management platform. Mr. Khot previously served as the senior vice president of engineering at salesforce.com, inc., a provider of cloud-based CRM systems, from December 2012 through June 2013, where he led big data and analytics as well as the real-time collaboration efforts. Prior to that, he served as salesforce’s vice president of engineering from January 2007 through November 2012. Earlier, he was the founding chief technology officer of Dimdim and AIM, Inc., which were acquired by salesforce and Computer Associates, Inc., respectively. Mr. Khot received his B.S. in physics from Science College in Satara, Maharashtra, India and his M.C.A. from Shivaji University in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.

Mr. Timothy O'Brien serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer of the Company. Mr. O’Brien formerly served as the Vice President of Corporate Development from December 2010 to December 2015, where he oversaw business development, integration efforts, and marketing initiatives. Prior to December 2010, Mr. O’Brien held various roles within athenahealth, including Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Vice President of Enterprise Solutions and Operations. Before joining athenahealth, he held senior positions for former Massachusetts Governors Mitt Romney and Paul Cellucci, as well as Acting Governor Jane Swift. He also served as the campaign manager for two Massachusetts gubernatorial campaigns. Mr. O’Brien began his career at Arthur Andersen LLP. Mr. O’Brien received his B.A. in finance from The Catholic University of America and his M.B.A. from Babson College.

Mr. Dan Haley serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company. Prior to his current role, Mr. Haley served as our Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs, and Assistant General Counsel, from August 2012 to September 2015. Before joining athenahealth, Mr. Haley was a partner at the global law firm McDermott, Will & Emery from January 2007 to July 2012, where his practice focused on government and regulatory affairs, health information technology, and complex commercial litigation. Mr. Haley previously served in Massachusetts state government as deputy legal counsel and then deputy chief of staff to then-Governor Mitt Romney, and as Chief of Staff to Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey. Early in his career, he practiced law at Goodwin Procter LLP in Boston. Mr. Haley is a frequent blogger, speaker, and commentator on health IT and related issues, and serves on the board of directors of eHealth Initiative. He has held senior positions in a number of statewide political campaigns, in Massachusetts state government, and at several federal political committees. Mr. Haley received his B.A. from Middlebury College and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Mr. Kyle Armbrester serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Product Officer of Athenahealth, Inc. He currently oversees the product management and service organizations for core services, athenaOne, spanning the entire continuum of care. From May 2015 to October 2016, Mr. Armbrester oversaw the development and commercialization of emerging products, the More Disruption Please, or MDP, accelerator and marketplace programs, and corporate development. Mr. Armbrester served as Director of Business Development from January 2012 through July 2013, then served as our Vice President of Business Development from July 2013 to May 2015, where he was responsible for strategic partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, and the MDP program. Prior to joining athenahealth, Mr. Armbrester held various roles related to technology and health technology consulting and strategy, and served as the chief information officer on the Charlie Baker gubernatorial campaign in Massachusetts. He also previously founded two cloud-based companies. Mr. Armbrester received his B.A. from Harvard College and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Brandon H. Hull is a Lead Independent Director of Athenahealth, Inc. He has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 1999. Mr. Hull has served as general partner of Cardinal Partners, a venture capital firm he co-founded that specializes in health care and life-sciences investments, since October 1997. From 1991 to 1997, Mr. Hull served as principal of the Edison Venture Fund. Mr. Hull serves on the board of directors of several private organizations, including Awarepoint Corporation, Cureatr, Inc., Brighton Health Group, LLC, and Vitals, Inc. Mr. Hull received his B.A. from Wheaton College and his M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Hull’s experience with health care services, health care information systems, and medical products and devices at Cardinal Partners, and on the boards of numerous health care and medical technology companies, led our Board of Directors to conclude that he should be nominated to serve as a director.

Mr. Brian P. McKeon serves as Director of the Company. Mr. McKeon currently serves as executive vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer at IDEXX, a rapidly growing animal health diagnostic and information technology-based company with annual revenue of $1.8 billion. In this role, he leads IDEXX's finance, business development, and worldwide operations functions. Prior to his appointment as CFO, Mr. McKeon served on the IDEXX board of directors, including as the chair of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee. Prior to IDEXX, Mr. McKeon served as executive vice president of Iron Mountain Incorporated from April 2007 to December 2013 and as Iron Mountain's chief financial officer from April 2007 to October 2013. Mr. McKeon also served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Timberland Company from March 2000 to April 2007. From 1991 to 2000, Mr. McKeon held several finance and strategic planning positions with PepsiCo Inc., serving most recently as vice president, finance at Pepsi-Cola, North America. Mr. McKeon holds a BS degree in accounting from the University of Connecticut and an MBA with high distinction from Harvard University.

Mr. Thomas J. Szkutak is Director of the Company. He has served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2016. Mr. Szkutak served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at Amazon.com from October 2002 to June 2015. Prior to Amazon, Mr. Szkutak spent 20 years with General Electric (“GE”). He held a variety of positions at GE, including chief financial officer of GE Lighting from September 2001 to September 2002, finance director of GE Plastics Europe from March 1999 to September 2001, and executive vice president of finance at GE Asset Management (formerly known as GE Investments) from May 1997 to March 1999. Mr. Szkutak also spent several years living outside of the United States while at GE with assignments in Europe, Asia, and Australia and is a graduate of GE’s Financial Management Program. Mr. Szkutak received his B.S. in business administration from Boston University, where he graduated magna cum laude. Mr. Szkutak’s extensive experience in financial management and helping functions scale in a growth environment led our Board of Directors to conclude that he should serve as a director.

Dr. Amy Abernethy, M.D. Ph.D., serves as an Independent Director of Athenahealth, Inc. She has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2013. Dr. Abernethy has served as chief medical officer and senior vice president of oncology at Flatiron Health, Inc., a healthcare technology company (“Flatiron”), since July 2015. Before joining Flatiron, she was a professor of medicine in the Duke University School of Medicine from November 2008 to July 2015 and ran the Center for Learning Health Care in the Duke Clinical Research Institute from March 2012 to July 2015. She was also director of the Duke Cancer Care Research Program in the Duke Cancer Institute between 2008 and 2015. She also holds the title of adjunct professor of medicine in the Duke University School of Medicine, and previously held a number of progressive faculty and clinical roles at Duke University and Flinders University of South Australia. Dr. Abernethy received her B.A. in biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and her M.D. from the Duke University School of Medicine. She also received a Ph.D. from Flinders University of South Australia. Dr. Abernethy’s expertise in the practice and teaching of oncology and internal medicine, and her experiences with big data, clinical research, technology within health care settings, health analytics, and her passion to improve the experience of health care for both patients and providers, led our Board of Directors to conclude that she should be nominated to serve as a director.

Mr. Dev C. Ittycheria serves as an Independent Director of Athenahealth, Inc. He has served as a member of our Board of Directors since July 2010. Mr. Ittycheria has served as the president and chief executive officer of MongoDB, Inc., a database management system, since September 2014. He previously served as a managing director at OpenView Venture Partners from October 2013 to August 2014, and as a venture partner with Greylock Partners from February 2012 to June 2013. He also served as senior vice president and president of enterprise service management of BMC Software, Inc. (“BMC”), a business service management software company, from November 2008 to February 2010, and as BMC’s senior vice president, strategy and corporate development from April 2008 to October 2008. Prior to working at BMC, Mr. Ittycheria was co-founder, president, chief executive officer, and a director of BladeLogic, Inc., a data center automation software company, from August 2001 to April 2008, which was acquired by BMC in April 2008. He also serves as a director of AppDynamics, Inc. and DataDog, Inc. Mr. Ittycheria received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Rutgers University. Mr. Ittycheria’s experience in building high-growth technology businesses that create long-term sustainable value, together with his leadership ability, led our Board of Directors to conclude that he should serve as a director.

Dr. Jacqueline B. Kosecoff, Ph.D., serves as Independent Director of Athenahealth, Inc. She has served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2012. Dr. Kosecoff has served as managing partner at Moriah Partners, LLC, a private equity firm investing in health care, security, and sport industries with a focus on software, content, and services, since March 2012. Since March 2012, she has served as a senior advisor to Warburg Pincus and has been on the executive advisory board of SAP America since 2010. Previously, she served as a senior advisor from December 2011 to February 2012 at Optum, a leading information and technology-enabled health services business of UnitedHealth Group. Dr. Kosecoff served as chief executive officer of OptumRx from 2007 to 2011 and as chief executive officer of Ovations Pharmacy Solutions Division, another UnitedHealth Group company, from 2005 to 2007. She currently serves on the boards of directors of the following public companies: Sealed Air Corporation and STERIS Corporation. Previously, she served as a consultant to the World Health Organization’s Global Quality Assessment Programs, on the Institute of Medicine’s Board of Health Care Services, on the RAND Graduate School’s Board of Governors, on the boards of directors of CareFusion Corporation, City of Hope, and the Alliance for Aging, and as a professor at the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Kosecoff received her B.A. from UCLA, her M.S. in applied mathematics from Brown University, and her Ph.D. in research methods from UCLA. Dr. Kosecoff’s experience as a seasoned health care executive and her deep expertise in care coordination and data management led our Board of Directors to conclude that she should serve as a director.

Mr. Edward Y. Park is an Independent Director of the Company. He has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 1, 2017. Prior to joining our Board of Directors, Mr. Park served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from July 2010 to December 2016. He previously served as our Chief Technology Officer from March 2007 to June 2010 and as our Chief Software Architect from 1998 to March 2007. Prior to joining us, he was a consultant for Viant, Inc. Mr. Park also serves on the board of directors of Castlight Health, Inc. He has been involved in numerous standards-defining industry groups, including the National Alliance for Health Information Technology and the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology. Mr. Park also serves on the Massachusetts Governors Council for IT Initiatives. Mr. Park received his B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard College in computer science. Mr. Park’s expertise and his extensive knowledge of our services, technology, and business operations gained through his tenure with us led our Board of Directors to conclude that he should serve as a director.

Mr. David E. Robinson serves as Independent Director of Athenahealth, Inc. He has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2011. Mr. Robinson served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from February 2009 to July 2010 and as an executive advisor from July 2010 to December 2010. Prior to joining us, Mr. Robinson served as the executive vice president of SunGard Data Systems Inc., a global leader in software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education, and the public sector (“SunGard”), from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Robinson served as senior vice president of SunGard from 2000 to 2002, as a group chief executive officer of SunGard Investment Systems from 1997 to 2000, and as president of SunGard Investment Systems from 1993 to 1997. Mr. Robinson received his B.S. in chemical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, his M.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Rochester, and his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. Mr. Robinson’s experience as our former Chief Operating Officer, and his service in key management roles at other leading technology organizations, led our Board of Directors to conclude that he should serve as a director.

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